This guide helps researchers, prospective researchers and prospective collaborators use the Smart Heritage Urbanism Map: reading the term network, tracing literature, finding research gaps in religious architecture, and seeing opportunities to work with the Urban and Settlement Laboratory.
Open the map Start the 12-step tour
What the map holds
- 619references with DOIs
- 92study terms
- 8framework boxes
- 4collaboration studies
- 61religious sites in the atlas
Start from your role
For lecturers and researchers who want to position their work and build a state of the art.
1Position your topic in the literature
- Type your topic in Search (e.g. “local wisdom”) and pick it from the list.
- Read the right-hand panel: documents, religious documents, link strength and average publication year.
- Click one of the most related terms to see articles containing both.
- Switch Colour → Year to see topics on the rise.
2Find research gaps in religious architecture
- Use the religious lens: grey terms have never appeared in religious documents.
- See “Most distinctive terms in religious documents” and “Strength of the framework pillars” in the summary panel.
- Compare with the research gap in the collaboration cards and the 0–1 publication sites in the atlas.
3Build a state of the art per framework box
- In the Framework band, click “See articles” in the matching box. The Full screen button gives the framework diagram more room.
- Filter Location → Indonesia if you only need Indonesian cases.
- Articles are sorted religious first, then by citations; every title links to its DOI.
4Choose a methodological approach
- Open Methodological approaches: bibliometric, socio-technical, spatial computational, ethnography.
- Compare documents, religious documents and Indonesian cases for each approach.
- Click “See articles” for examples of each method.
For undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students looking for and shaping a research topic.
1Get to know the topic landscape in 10 minutes
- Take the 12-step quick tour.
- Switch to the VOS network layout and colour by Cluster: four colours = four thematic clusters.
- Read each cluster’s terms in Thematic clusters.
2Shape a thesis or dissertation topic
- Pick the framework box closest to your interest.
- Look at the overlaps in the Paradigm diagram (Heritage × Urban factors × Digital technologies): small overlaps signal opportunities.
- Combine two terms that rarely appear together as a candidate research problem.
3Collect first readings
- Click a core term, for example “religious heritage”.
- In the article list, choose Religious to filter, then open titles through their DOI links.
- Note authors who recur as key references.
4Choose a case-study site
- Open the Atlas of Nusantara religious heritage and filter by category or Lynch element.
- See the Study gap list: sites with 0–1 publications.
- Consider sites around Kayutangan so you can build on the lab’s data.
For academic partners, local governments, industry and communities interested in working together.
1See the studies open to collaboration
- Open Collaboration potential: urban heritage, CFD-based UHI mitigation, Smart-Tectonic Heritage Lighting and community social interaction.
- Read the key findings, outputs and religious-architecture opportunities on each card.
- Press Full screen at the top right of a card to read one study without distractions; press Back (or Esc) to return to the page.
2Trace the fit with your expertise
- Click “Highlight on map” on a study card.
- Dashed lines show the terms and framework pillars linked to that study.
- Open “Related corpus literature” to see where the study sits among other research.
3Find sites and partnership nodes
- See the Collaboration nodes from the three research books.
- In the atlas, see religious sites within 5 km of Kayutangan and the related researchers/figures.
4Contact the laboratory
- Prepare a short summary: the study of interest, the role you offer (data, site, funding, expertise) and the time frame.
- Send it to the laboratory email below, mentioning “Smart Heritage Urbanism Map”.
Laboratory email: labkota@unmer.ac.id
Parts of the map page
Choose “Show me” to open the map at the tour step that explains that part.
- Term network mapShow me
- Framework or VOS network layoutShow me
- Colour and the religious lensShow me
- Search terms and tune linksShow me
- Filter location and categoryShow me
- Details panel and article listShow me
- Smart Heritage Urbanism frameworkShow me
- Collaboration potentialShow me
- Atlas of Nusantara religious heritageShow me
- Paradigm and methodological approachesShow me
- Nine corpus categoriesShow me
- Text alternative and languageShow me
Key terms
Occurrences (documents)
The number of documents containing a term, counted once per document as in VOSviewer.
Co-occurrence and link strength
Two terms co-occur when they appear in the same document. Link strength = number of shared documents; total link strength = the sum of all of a term’s links.
Thematic cluster
A group of terms that often appear together, found with the Louvain algorithm (4 clusters).
Religious documents and the religious lens
Religious documents = the Religious Heritage & Sacred Architecture category or documents containing the term “religious heritage”. The religious lens colours terms by the number of religious documents containing them.
Framework box
The eight boxes of the theoretical framework (Wikantiyoso, 2026): four pillars, two potentials, design atmosphere and innovation. Placing terms in boxes is a conceptual mapping by the researcher.
Collaboration potential (▣)
In-house Urban & Settlement Lab studies from three 2026 research books; not part of the 619-reference corpus.
Atlas Budaya Nusantara (◆)
61 historic places of worship with coordinates, category, city-image elements, publication counts and related names; used at site level.
Lynch city-image elements
Landmark, Node, District, Path and Edge (Lynch, 1960): the role a place plays in the mental image of a city.
Frequently asked questions
Where does the map data come from?
A corpus of 619 references with DOIs from Publish or Perish searches in 9 selected categories. The collaboration potential comes from the lab’s research books, and the atlas from Atlas Budaya Nusantara.
Why do figures change when I filter?
Location and category filters recompute every occurrence and link. Term positions stay fixed so views are easy to compare.
Is this the same as VOSviewer?
The workflow replicates VOSviewer (binary counting, association strength, clusters). Results may differ slightly because phrase extraction and layout are not identical.
How do I share a specific view?
Add a marker at the end of the map page address, for example #t-local_wisdom (term), #s-uhi (study), #atlas (section), #lay-vos (layout) or #tour (tour). Combine markers with +.
Does the map work on phones?
Yes. On narrow screens the Framework layout stacks; for long sessions a wide screen is more comfortable. The term table and the HTML framework diagram serve as alternatives when the canvas is too small.
How do I read one part in full screen?
Every part of the map page (framework, term network, paradigm, methods, collaboration potential, clusters, categories, atlas, notes) and every collaboration study card has a “Full screen” button at the top right. That part then fills the screen; press “Back” at the top right or the Esc key to return to the normal view, right where you were reading. The button does not appear in Safari on iPhone, which does not yet support full screen for page parts.
How to cite
Urban and Settlement Laboratory, Universitas Merdeka Malang. (2026). Smart Heritage Urbanism Map: Local-wisdom data collaboration for innovation in religious architecture and city identity [Interactive map]. https://labkota.com/smart-heritage-map/
© Respati Wikantiyoso-2026